March 27Mar 27 #1 Can someone help me ID these ovals. I used Google ID and two reference books that I have with no luck. Thanks for looking.
March 27Mar 27 Solution #2 1 US SOUTHERN COMMAND JOINT TASK FORCE BRAVO COMPANY AIRBORNE PARA OVAL 2 No Clue 3 No Clue 4 I think 82nd Aviation Brigade Oval 5 It could be 1st Squadron 17th Cavalry Parachute Oval but theres is more red then orange 6 10th Special Forces Group Oval 7 No Clue 8 2nd Battalion 19th Artillery Parachute Oval 9 187th Airborne Infantry Regimental Combat Team Oval
March 28Mar 28 #5 I believe #3 is 187th Infantry Platoon (Pathfinder)(Airborne) source- Scott Hughes ‘A Complete Guide to Flashes And Ovals’ Second Edition
April 1Apr 1 Author #6 On 3/28/2026 at 6:16 PM, sjones said: #7 -711th Ordance Battalion Thank you so much. Will be posting some flashes soon. I hope you can help me again. Thanks again, Redone
April 1Apr 1 Author #7 On 3/28/2026 at 6:23 PM, sjones said: I think #2 is Joint Readiness Training Command Thank you. Your guess is helpful. I search Joint Read Cmd and maybe I can confirm it.
April 1Apr 1 Author #8 On 3/27/2026 at 1:16 PM, YourLocalHistoryGuy said: 1 US SOUTHERN COMMAND JOINT TASK FORCE BRAVO COMPANY AIRBORNE PARA OVAL 2 No Clue 3 No Clue 4 I think 82nd Aviation Brigade Oval 5 It could be 1st Squadron 17th Cavalry Parachute Oval but theres is more red then orange 6 10th Special Forces Group Oval 7 No Clue 8 2nd Battalion 19th Artillery Parachute Oval 9 187th Airborne Infantry Regimental Combat Team Oval Thank you for your help. I looking forward to putting these ovals away. I will also be posting a few Flashes that I've been unable ID also. Hopefully you can help again. Thanks again, Redone
April 3Apr 3 #9 On 3/28/2026 at 5:23 PM, sjones said: I think #2 is Joint Readiness Training Command You are correct. A friend of mine was assigned to the unit just after it was created and sent me the ovals and flashes that were created and number 2 was one of them.
April 3Apr 3 Author #10 4 hours ago, rtd_sf_eng said: You are correct. A friend of mine was assigned to the unit just after it was created and sent me the ovals and flashes that were created and number 2 was one of them. Thank you. I can confirm the ID and add to my collection.
May 21May 21 #11 1. Joint Task Force Bravo, ARFOR. The 'Army Forces' part of the Joint TF. 2. Joint Readiness Training Center. When it was in Fort Chaffee, Arkansas. This is the first version. 3. 187th Pathfinder Det. It was probably made by coloring a 508th Inf oval with a permanent marker. 4. 4th QM Detachment, was in Pusan, Korea. A Parachute Rigger unit. 5. 17th Cav. If the color is red/white. But it looks orange/white to me 6. I don't believe that is 10th SFG. 7. No Idea 8. No Idea 9. Agree with 187th AIR The attached picture has an early JTF-Bravo oval, from the unit, February 1987. top right. The next three ovals are from JRTC at Fort Chaffee, AR. The middle two are the prototypes. I got them in Jan 1991 from the S-4 office.
May 21May 21 #12 Number 6 oval is not for the 10th Special Forces Group. Their oval has a green border with a red center.
May 21May 21 #13 Correction!! I should have written "Red border and Green center". Sorry for the mistake.
June 10Jun 10 Author #14 On 5/21/2026 at 5:59 PM, rtd_sf_eng said: Correction!! I should have written "Red border and Green center". Sorry for the mistake. Thanks for the update.
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